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package org.dengues.core.components;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

import org.dengues.core.process.ICompNode;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;

/**
 * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com class global comment. Detailled comment <br/>
 * 
 * $Id: Dengues.epf 1 2006-09-29 17:06:40Z qiang.zhang $
 * 
 */
public interface IXMLComponent {

    String PROP_NAME = "NAME"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    String PROP_LONG_NAME = "LONG_NAME"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    String CUSTOMIZE = "Customize"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    String CATEGORY = "CATEGORY"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    String CATEGORY_SEPARATOR = ":"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    public String getName();

    public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle();

    public boolean isLoaded();

    public ImageDescriptor getIcon24();

    public void setIcon24(ImageDescriptor icon24);

    public ImageDescriptor getIcon16();

    public void setIcon16(ImageDescriptor icon16);

    public ImageDescriptor getIcon32();

    public void setIcon32(ImageDescriptor icon32);

    public String getDisplayName();

    public String getLongName();

    public List<EJETCodePart> getAvailableCodeParts();

    public String getPathSource();

    public String getVersion();

    public List<NodePropertyParameter> createNodeParameters(ICompNode node);

    public List<EMFConnection> createConnections();

    public boolean isStart();

    public String getCategory();
}
